Capture fisheries production in Yemen

Capture fisheries in Yemen landed 152,430 tonnes in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2015.

Measure: Capture fisheries production Unit: Metric tonnes Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Yemen, 2024 152,430 Metric tonnes
Change from 2023 +0.9% 2023: 151,016 tonnes
World, 2024 94,403,126 tonnes Official aggregate
Position in 2024 68th of 215 See the full ranking

Capture fisheries production in Yemen over time

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Metric tonnes. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Capture fisheries production (metric tonnes), 2000 to 2024
Period YemenWorld
2024 152,430 tonnes 94,403,126 tonnes
2023 151,016 tonnes 92,981,262 tonnes
2022 150,470 tonnes 93,221,970 tonnes
2021 149,530 tonnes 93,590,253 tonnes
2020 144,517 tonnes 91,609,572 tonnes
2019 137,766 tonnes 94,910,375 tonnes
2018 134,868 tonnes 98,740,431 tonnes
2017 136,526 tonnes 95,664,397 tonnes
2016 152,131 tonnes 92,195,579 tonnes
2015 177,408 tonnes 94,357,557 tonnes
2014 214,202 tonnes 93,466,633 tonnes
2013 228,783 tonnes 93,116,007 tonnes
2012 227,115 tonnes 91,395,933 tonnes
2011 154,061 tonnes 94,143,395 tonnes
2010 163,861 tonnes 89,688,933 tonnes
2009 179,603 tonnes 91,445,934 tonnes
2008 132,062 tonnes 92,325,811 tonnes
2007 179,916 tonnes 93,503,695 tonnes
2006 229,660 tonnes 93,672,351 tonnes
2005 238,400 tonnes 95,594,652 tonnes
2004 256,300 tonnes 95,878,960 tonnes
2003 228,116 tonnes 91,084,188 tonnes
2002 179,584 tonnes 93,786,009 tonnes
2001 142,198 tonnes 93,409,856 tonnes
2000 114,750 tonnes 96,170,993 tonnes

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9% from 151,016 tonnes in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 214,202 tonnes, the figure has changed by −28.8%.
  • Among the 215 countries with data for 2024, Yemen has the 68th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 94,403,126 tonnes.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
ER.FSH.CAPT.MT · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2024 for Yemen
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)